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Labor Yearender: Workers caught between shrinking amounts of products and...
The cost of living crisis in the country is expressed, on the one hand, in the deflation of real wages and, on the other hand, in the shrinkflation of commodities. Caught between shrinking amounts of...
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The reality of jeepney livelihood loss and the myth of new jobs created
In a year end statement, Malacanang avers that 200,000 new jobs were created as a result of investment pledges accruing from President Bong Bong Marcos’ trips abroad. Assuming this is true—Malacanang...
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Labor yearender 2023
How did the working class fare in 2023? Wages and jobs remained the most pressing issues for workers and the poor.Workers caught between shrinking amounts of products and shrinking value of wagesThe...
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Workers in Cebu demand jeepney franchise extension, P150 wage hike in...
In a year-end action today, a delegation of workers and students rallied at the SSS Building along Osmena Boulevard in Cebu City to demand a one-year extension of individual jeepney franchises...
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Extend the consolidation deadline by one year not one month—workers’ group
The group Partido Manggagawa (PM) called on the government to extend the deadline for consolidation of jeepneys by one year instead of one month as both the government and operators are not yet...
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Dogmatism not empiricism is the CPP’s basic error
Photo from MindaNews On its 55th anniversary, the CPP is calling on its ranks to rectify the error of empiricism which it says is at the root of the serious setbacks that the armed struggle and the...
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Partido Manggagawa Advocates State Takeover of National Grid Operations...
Photo from Business WorldIn a recent press release, Partido Manggagawa (PM) reiterates its call for the government to reassume control of the national grid, countering the suggested state investment...
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Survey Results on Most Urgent Concerns Contradict Demand for Cha-cha via P.I....
People's initiative petition form being circulated in CebuResults of Pulse Asia’s December 2023 survey on Filipino’s most urgent national concerns belie what proponents of the people’s initiative would...
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P.I. mode of chacha a dangerous national concern – Partido Manggagawa
Screengrab of paid TV ad for charter change“More than wasting government money and buying people’s will, proponents of charter change via the people’s initiative (P.I.) are destroying the essence of...
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MEDIA ADVISORYNagkaisa! Labor Coalition22 January 2024-------------------------------- Request for coverage PICKET AT SENATE VS CHACHA When: January 23, 2024Time: 10:30 AMWhere: The Senate Gates in...
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Senate’s chacha dance unnecessary, out of step – Nagkaisa!
Leading the charter change (chacha) dance this time is totally unnecessary and out of step for the Senate, the Nagkaisa! Labor Coalition declared in a statement, a week after Senate President Juan...
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Bagong Pilipinas Kick-off Rally 'Politically Linked' with PI – Partido...
While there exists no legal prohibition against a sitting President organizing his political base, the kick-off rally for the Luneta Park launching of Bagong Pilipinas on Sunday, January 28, is deemed...
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MEDIA ADVISORYNagkaisa! Labor Coalition30 January 2024--------------------------------Request for coverageWORKERS GOING BACK TO THE SENATETo Continue Opposing ChaCha despite Comelec Suspension of PI...
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Comelec's Suspension of PI Proceedings: Merely a Truce in an Escalating Power...
In the midst of an intensifying power struggle between the competing dynasties of the UniTeam coalition, the Nagkaisa Labor Coalition views the recent suspension of the people's initiative (PI)...
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As more 1,300 workers at the Mactan Economic Zone (MEZ) in Lapu-Lapu City suffered from job losses, the militant Partido Manggagawa (PM) called on the government to address worsening unemployment...
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Nuke deal, permanent basing could be part of chacha’s hidden agenda – Partido...
Photo from Hindustan TimesInstead of staying neutral in the heightening tension between military superpowers and calling for demilitarization of the West Philippine Sea and the whole of the...
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‘Baguhin ang Labor Code Hindi ang Konstitusyon’: Comrades remember Ka Popoy...
Filemon “Ka Popoy” Lagman was assassinated inside the University of the Philippines Diliman campus 23 years ago today. Nobody claimed responsibility for his murder, but his comrades in the labor...
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MEDIA ADVISORYRequest for coverage9 February 2024 KAGULONGKapatiran sa Dalawang Gulong Invites the media to cover riders’UNITY RIDE AGAINST CHACHA Amendments to Doble-Plaka Law, Hindi Chacha!MC Taxi...
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Labor group slams Laguesma’s doomsday scenario
The labor group Partido Manggagawa (PM) slammed DOLE Secretary Bienvenido Laguesma for speculating that the P100 legislated wage hike will have an adverse impact on the economy, especially on small and...
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Focus on Amending the 'Doble-Plaka' Law, Not the Constitution – Rider Groups...
Rider groups, on Sunday, embarked for another Unity Ride from the Commission of Human Rights to the People Power Monument. Their aim: to oppose efforts to amend the 1987 Constitution, arguing that the...
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